aQuantive's Avenue A/Razorfish continues its international expansion with the acquisition of French digital agency Duke, reports AdWeek. Purchase price was not disclosed.
Having already acquired agencies in Germany and the U.K., Avenue A now has outposts in the three largest European internet markets. It has also acquired agencies in Australia and China and allied with Dentsu in Japan.
The Paris-based independent Duke, founded in 1999, offers strategy, design and marketing services, including website creative, online films, media planning and buying, relationship management and mobile marketing. Clients include McDonalds, Nike and Nissan.
Duke has 130 employees and expects to generate $12-14 million in revenue for the rest of the year. It will operate as an Avenue A/Razorfish subsidiary, led by cofounders and copresidents Christine Santarelli and Matthieu de Lesseux.